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Cameron Stout
"Everyone's Favourite Big Brother"
will be our Guest at this years Feein' Market
On the 7th June 2008
See You There!
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The first Saturday in June and that can only mean
one thing from Timbuktu to Turriff - the annual Feein' Market in
Stonehaven's Market Square.
The premier event in the town's entertainment and social
calendar will be back again with a packed programme of acts and events
both in the Square and in the Town Hall to keep everyone happy -
whatever your age.
Yet again the traditional market layout will be extended
to take in the Farmer's Market and to improve the facilities in general
for Feein' Market visitors and stallholders.
And at the helm once again will be the members of the
Stonehaven and District Lions Club who have spearheaded the
transformation of the Feein' Market since they took over the
organisation of the event over seven years ago.
The town's largest service organisation pledged, when
they inherited the running of the Feein' Market from the local business
association, that the club would build on the success of the market,
year on year, so that the entire community could benefit. And today the
club continues to deliver on that promise.
George Reid, the Lions Club's Feein' Market convener,
explained: "We are totally committed to the development of the Feein'
Market so that everyone can benefit - participating clubs, businesses
and organisations and visitors alike.
"The bigger and better the event - the bigger the draw
and that means more income for all the charities, businesses and
organisations with stalls both in the town square and in the Town Hall,
not to mention more money in the tills for local shops, restaurants and
pubs."
George added: "The importance of the Feein' Market to
provide much needed funds to a whole range of clubs, charities and
organisations in the town and surrounding area cannot be underestimated.
It has been estimated that in the region of £40,000 is raised in the
square at the various stalls during the day."
"And that is a fantastic figure which is only made
possible by staging the Feein' Market and the Lions Club is only too
happy to play the lead role in making that sort of fund raising target
achievable. The better the programme, the better the organisation, the
better everyone benefits."
The Feein' Market has come a long way since its
traditional beginnings more than a century ago when itinerant
agricultural workers flocked to the square to be hired for the
forthcoming year. But it's still a day when the county - and some might
even say the world - comes to Stonehaven for a bit of banter, a few
shandies in convivial company and to hopefully spend some hard earned
cash.
This year's packed entertainment programme has
something for everyone - from our regular and popular master of
ceremonies, Martin Kasprowiscz, to the Mackie Ceilidh Band, the Bon
Accord Silver Band, and Stonehaven's favourite group, Trybe, with their
unique take on traditional Scottish piping and drumming.
And setting the ball rolling at this year's festivities
will be Cameron Stout, the Orcadian who hit the headlines in 2003 when
he won Big Brother 4 with one of the biggest popular votes in the
programme's history.
Since then Cameron has made regular appearances as one
of the star attractions at the annual pantomimes at His Majesty's
Theatre in Aberdeen and the Glasgow Pavilion. He is also a regular
columnist on both the Evening Express and Sunday Post and a frequent
contributor to a host of programmes on Radio Scotland.
But enough talk....it's time to start joining in the
fun. Take a stroll through the square and see what the vast array of
stalls have to offer. Listen to the music. Take a trip across to the
Town Hall to see the stalls and entertainment there. And, above all,
have a great day!